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To: Steely Tom

Saturn V could put 260,000 pounds into LEO.

7.7 MILLION pounds of thrust from five F-1 first-stage boosters.

A singular human achievement.

17 posted on 10/09/2013 3:19:59 PM PDT by IronJack (=)

To: IronJack

7.7 MILLION pounds of thrust from five F-1 first-stage boosters. A singular human achievement.

Yes.

The second stage of the Saturn V had a thrust of one million pounds, from five Rocketdyne J-2 engines, which burned LOX and LH₂.

20 posted on 10/09/2013 3:27:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)

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